Stay updated with breaking news from Groin protector. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Recently he began the process of dropping out of the program, for reasons we don t know. why did he do what he did? nbc s mike taibbi looks into that. reporter: the few people who had any contact with james eagan holmes in his aurora neighborhood describe him as not just quiet wus a recluse who lived with the shades drawn and when he did meet someone revealed is little. he kept doing so, didn t like a lot of attention. never heard anything abnormal until this morning when we heard loud techno music playing. reporter: witnesses said the suspect hb no message at all. he didn t say a word. not a word. reporter: but he was dressed in full battle gear. he was wearing a ballistic helmet and tactical ballistic vest. ballistic leggings and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. looks like a deranged individual. he had his hair painted red. ....
And leggings and a groin protector. some of it was purchased online with expedited two day shipping. that is all going go into the investigation. take a dramatic turn. take a right turn in this. we got a statement out of christian bale who is the star of the batman movie. words can t express the horror that i feel. i can t under the pain and grief of the victims and loved ones but my heart goes out to them. that statement coming through the hollywood reporter. with that, i ll send it back to you. arthel: you gave us a laundry list of details what we re learning about suspect james hol 78.. ones they are able to get inside his apartment. that booby-trapped apartment, hopefully what is in there will speak volumes. mike, thank you. rick: who knows what was ....
Wounds on her. so i mean, it kind of it made me think the worst. reporter: the suspected shooter, it would turn out, hadn t gotten away. police cornered him in the parking lot by his car. he offered no resistance. ultimately they tied four weapons to him, an a-15 assault rifle, an ak-47 and two handguns. he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector, a groin protector, a gas mask and black tactical gloves. reporter: not only that, his hair was dyed red, according to some, and he called himself the joker, batman s nemesis. he told officers he had one more surprise, explosives in his apartment. ....
Knigh knight . could he have been playing a scene from that movie? we don t know what holmes motive may have been. but we know one thing, this massacre was well planned. aurora police chief dan oates said holmes came ready for action. the suspect was dressed all in black. he was wearing a ballistic helmet, a tactical ballistic vest, ballistic leggings, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. reporter: law enforcement sources tell dateline holmes bought a ticket for the movie and then went into the theater. soon after, they say, he propped an exit door open and went outside to the parking lot. that s when authorities say holmes went to his car, put on his body armor and went back in firing. but who is this young man whose only brush with the law before today, according to police, was a speeding ticket? for one thing, he appears to be different than most people his age. he s kind of an on-line ghost. he doesn t appear to have a ....
the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. we ll share some of those stories throughout the morning. let s get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? reporter: good morning, randi. it s really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex, that is james holmes apartment on the third floor. i want to play you some video now that we just shot. what i can tell you is that the denver bomb squad has arrived in the past half hour. the arapahoe county bomb squad, as well as the adams county bomb squad, all local here around denver, just arrived, as well as atf. i just spoke with one of the atf members. we re going to the try to get someone on camera right after this. they have just arrived as well, so they re preparing to ass ....